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98. Naive
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The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 99. DNA
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson’s line wasn’t going through. I had told him to come back early but four hours later, he still wasn’t back. I tried calling him but he wasn’t answering and it had me worried.I even resorted to calling Emily to ask about Jackson’s whereabouts but the brat didn’t pick up as well. I wondered how their talk went.I called Jackson for the umpteenth time before I finally dropped a text for him.[Me: why aren’t you taking your calls? Are you alright? Call me back?]After I sent the message, I dropped my phone in my bag and got out of the car. I was driving one of Jackson’s cars as my car was in the repair shop. I doubted I’d ever drive it again though. It carried bad memories and I’d probably end up selling it or giving it out.I exhaled and stepped into the restaurant where my mom and I would be having lunch. Surprisingly, she had arrived already. Growing up, my mom was always late. According to her, beauty takes time and she’d rather be fashionably late than look ugly
Last Updated : 2024-11-29The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 100. Asher
JACKSON~•~I sat on a bench outside the correctional facility, waiting for Kimberly.Sitting there made me realize I couldn’t remember when last I just sat outside for fresh air. I was so caught up in work that everything I did either had to to with work or my family. I never took breaks. I never took time for myself.Then again, I wanted to spend every break with Kimberly. She had quickly become my safe space.Thirty minutes after I called, I saw one of my cars driving down and I stood up, knowing it was Kimberly in there. Her car was getting repaired at the moment.Speaking of her car, if I wanted to make Emily pay for her stupid actions, I needed to get the footage of her dashcam, hoping it actually caught something. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to get her arrested.The car came to a stop in front of me and the door opened to reveal Kimberly. She looked absolutely stunning in her sweatshirt and long skirt. Her hair was up in a ponytail and she wasn’t wearing much makeup. At least
Last Updated : 2024-11-29The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 101. Results
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson said he was fine, but he really wasn’t.The doctor had advised him to stay at home and rest for a while but he just couldn’t. He was impatiently waiting for the results of the paternity tests he had carried out five days ago. He couldn't stay idle. He had to go back to work to keep himself busy.I, on the other hand, was also very confused about how to feel. Reiya’s wedding was in less than two weeks. It was out of town and I was the bride’s maid, but my mom also dropped a bomb on me a few days ago.She wasn’t just sick. She was dying. My mother had stage four cancer and I was the first person she told. Her friends didn’t know. Her husband didn’t know. I, the person she had the worst relationship with, was the first to know. I didn’t know what she meant by that but it didn’t matter.The worst part? She wasn’t willing to get treatment for her sickness. She said she didn’t want to spend her last days in a hospital bed. According to her, she had always been a strong
Last Updated : 2024-11-29The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 102. Late
JACKSON~•~Emily wasn’t lying. Paige was lying. Well, either that or she actually believed she was telling the truth.Asher wasn’t mine.It didn’t weaken our bond though. In fact, it made me want to get even closer to him. He was a very reserved kid so I wasn’t as close to him as I was with Amelia but I was trying harder.I felt even better now that the results were out. The waiting almost killed me and not knowing whether Asher was biologically mine or not fucked with my head. I was starting to overwork myself and Kimberly was beginning to get angry at me.Thankfully, it had all come to an end. I could go about my daily activities as usual with the knowledge that I was Asher’s father anyway. A test didn’t determine our relationship.I was tempted to pay Paige another visit but I dismissed that idea quickly. I didn’t want another plot twist in my life. I wasn’t going to look for his father. Asher was going to make that decision by himself after he grew older.In the next few days, I
Last Updated : 2024-11-29The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 103. Splurging
KIMBERLY~•~I didn’t know why I panicked. I didn't do anything wrong but I got scared immediately when I saw that message.I didn’t know if I did anything bad in my past life which was why I couldn’t have a peaceful life in this one. It was always from one problem to the other. In the past six months, I’d been more stressed than I had ever been in my entire life.The logical thing would be to tell Jackson about it, but he had also been through so much and was finally settling down to have a good time. I didn’t want to ruin our week because of some stupid image that wasn’t real.I knew Jackson was curious but he kept his curiosity to himself.Jackson had never really spoken with Reiya’s fiance but the two of them hit it off on the train ride. Since I sat with Reiya, Jackson sat with her fiance and they started talking like they had known each other for ages.The journey didn’t last long and soon, we were settling into our hotel rooms. “What are you going to do tonight when I’m gone?”
Last Updated : 2024-11-30The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 104. Fabricated
KIMBERLY~•~The person didn’t respond to me and I took that as a good sign. I pushed it to the back of my mind and had fun with Reiya and her cousins.It was crazy but we were each other’s only friends. Every other person around us was either an acquaintance or a relative. Thankfully, her cousins were a vibe and she happened to be quite close to them.By the time we wanted to go home, I was lightheaded. I wasn’t drunk, just tipsy, but dancing all night had made me realize how much fun I missed when I was younger. I stopped attending parties after college because I wanted to be the perfect daughter and wife. Now I had even more restrictions, but I had fun tonight.Alcohol also had a way of making one forget their problems. No wonder people drowned themselves in it when they were going through a lot. We all stepped out of the limousine we had booked for the night and bade the driver bye as he drove away.We were giggling and stumbling to the building when I saw that Jackson was sitting
Last Updated : 2024-11-30The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 105. My turn
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson blinked again. “Are we supposed to ignore what I just saw?”I stared at him blankly.“Someone is trying to blackmail you with your unclad pictures!”“They’re not mine. It’s not a big deal. Continue.”“What do you mean?”I sighed, hating that something as silly as that was running the mood. “They are fake. They’re edited. I have never taken a picture nude. I barely even take regular pictures.”“Then?”“I don’t know, Jackson.” I was exasperated. “It looks real, doesn’t it? Which is why I didn’t want to tell you about it. You don’t need that stress right now.”“And you do? When are you going to completely open up to me? Learn to trust me? Share your troubles with me?” He listed out, sticking out his fingers one after the other. “Did you really plan to handle this yourself? Did you intend to give them the two million? Do you think they’ll ever stop demanding more money?”“I wasn’t going to give them two million. I’m not stupid.” Two million was a lot of money. I wasn’
Last Updated : 2024-11-30The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 106. Craving
KIMBERLY~•~After what we had done, Jackson turned on the shower and helped me to bathe, which was weird because I thought we were going to go further than that.I didn’t voice it though. I was too embarrassed to do so. I just let him wash my body and I helped him wash his. He got out of the shower first and got me a towel, helping me to dry my body. He did the same to himself before leading me out of the bathroom.I walked toward my suitcase to find a nightdress to wear, but Jackson drew me back, pulling me flush against his chest. Before I could speak, he kissed me.“Jack,” I spoke against his lips and he pulled back shortly. “I thought I could let you go to bed without being inside you.” He admitted. “I thought wrong.”A smile threatened to form on my lips but I held it back. So I wasn’t the only one craving him.I stared at the digital clock on the nightstand. It was four in the morning and most people were asleep by now but I hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep yet.I was exhausted b
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The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 116. Cancer driven
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The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 115. Enrollment
JACKSON~•~I had work rivals. There were a lot of companies secretly competing with mine but I didn’t know anyone who would want to go the extra mile to sabotage me like this.Our products have been in use for years. It had been tested and verified and there had been no complaints about our skincare section so the fact that someone out there was claiming that it caused them cancer was saucy.Even worse, a news outlet quickly followed up with the information not bothering to verify its validity. They were playing with fire; the news outlet, the supposed dying man, and the other behind it.If they wanted to bring me down, they should at least use facts, they shouldn’t make up stuff that could be easily disproved.It was the first day of the new year and I was getting calls from everywhere. Almost every shareholder was trying to reach me at the same time. My father had told me to take care of it as soon as possible but how could I work effectively when everyone was blowing up my phone?
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 114. Mood
KIMBERLY~•~My mom didn’t want me to tell anyone, but Jackson wasn’t just anyone, was he? He was my husband and naturally, I was supposed to tell him about everything going on in my life.He pushed off the wall and approached me. “Cancer?” He asked again when I didn’t say anything, which made me wonder how long he had been listening in on me.“You were eavesdropping?” I accused.He shrugged, not feeling bad in the slightest. “If I didn’t, how would I know that your mom was sick and she’s taking it out on you?” Jackson questioned. “I thought we had agreed to trust each other?”“We did. I do trust you, Jackson.”He sat at the edge of the bed, close to me. “Then why can’t you still tell me anything? I’m your husband, baby. I’m supposed to share your worries.”I sighed. “It’s not like that at all. It’s just jot my secret to tell.”“But it’s your burden.”He was right. It was bothering me and I’d feel bad if he couldn’t open up to me about his burdens as well. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Ye
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 113. Sick
KIMBERLY~•~Things were beginning to look up for me.Asher had accepted me in his life. The scandal about my supposed nudes was dying down already. Well, a scandal about Chris dating two models at once was making its rounds on the internet so it took the limelight off of me.Chris had looked like a gentleman when we first met on the plane. I couldn’t believe that he was two-timing. Then again, it was the internet and everything could be taken out of context just for a story.Jackson had done his best to erase everything but some people had taken screenshots and even if I knew it was never going to be completely erased off the internet Jackson had vowed to legally deal with anyone who shared it. I was the lawyer in the couple but he was acting like one all the time.The only stress I had at the moment was my mother. I didn’t know if it made me a bad daughter but I was beginning to think she wasn’t sick and was just faking it because she kept using her sickness to manipulate me. If she
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 112. Mommy
KIMBERLY~•~“Wake up wake up wake up, mommy! Santa came last night!”I shut my eyes even tighter and subconsciously moved away from the noise. “Mommyyyyyy!” Amelia started shaking me incessantly.I gritted my teeth as my eyes snapped open. Amelia wasn’t the only one present. Asher was also there and Jackson was grinning down at me.“Merry Christmas!” They chorused, agitating me even further.Jackson was a bastard. He didn’t let me sleep last night and we only got to sleep around two in the morning yet here he was, an accomplice to the little devil waking me up at seven in the morning. I held back a sigh and closed my eyes back.“Daddy says we need to have a good attitude during Christmas.” Amelia continued. “Or Santa will take back his presents.”Fuck Santa. Jackson and I spent days cracking our heads for the perfect presents for the kids yet all the credit was going to Santa.“Wake up, mommy! I want to open my stockings!”With a groan, I opened my eyes again and sat up. “I’m awake,
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 111. Worried
KIMBERLY~•~I was shocked to see that a new article had been uploaded and a lot of news outlets had run with the information. It was crazy. As soon as Jackson found out Emily was behind it, he reported her to the police. When did she have time to post a second article? Did she have an accomplice?When I traced the original article that contained my supposed nudes, I saw that it had been posted early this morning. Was it a timed post? She was even craftier than I thought. She didn’t care that she was getting arrested. She didn’t care that she would spend a longer time in jail after releasing those pictures. She didn’t care about anything but her revenge. It was crazy.As if I didn’t have a lot to worry about already, my parents were blowing up my phone with calls and texts. I knew opening their texts would annoy me but I did it anyway.[Mom: Kimberly, call me back right now!][Mom (2): what kind of pictures are those? Why did you take them? Don’t you have respect for yourself?][Mom (
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 110. Love
KIMBERLY~•~Everything was happening too fast. The messages were traced back to Emily, which made me understand why the blackmailer was so desperate for money. She had been cut off from her family and since she wasn’t working, she had gone broke and needed money as soon as possible.Jackson was quite shocked to find out it was her but he was relieved it was her and not some other person who had evil intentions towards me. He said it was a good enough reason to lock her up since there was no proof of her orchestrating his accident.On our way back to the city, Jackson contacted the police and forwarded the evidence he had to them. I had asked him if he wasn’t going to inform his parents first before taking action but he dismissed it and said he had to act fast before she released another article.It was late at night, but Jackson insisted we return to New York immediately after the wedding was over. It was only an hour's journey but the kids were already asleep.“You’ve endured a lot
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 109. Challenge
JACKSON~•~Someone was testing my fucking patience. I hadn’t been okay with Kimberly’s decision to forget about such a serious issue until after the wedding but I didn’t want to make a big deal about it since it was about her and it was her best friend’s wedding. It seemed like the blackmailer had other thoughts though.Without saying anything, I took the phone back from Kimberly and forwarded the message to my secretary as well as the number accompanied by a message of my own.[Me: take care of this as soon as possible]Thankfully, his reply came immediately.[Okay sir]“What did you do?” Kimberly questioned when she saw that I had pocketed my phone. “Don’t worry about it.” The topic easily got me worked up. The only reason the blackmailer was doing this for me but they were stupid enough to try and create a scandal with fake news. It could be proven wrong but once it was out there, some people were going to believe it no matter what. I didn’t want her reputation to be tainted with
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 108. Blurred
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson and I agreed to take care of the blackmailer after Reiya’s wedding.However, I knew the person behind the screen wouldn’t take too well with getting ignored so I just told them to give me some time to get the money. After telling them I’d get back to them in a week, I put it at the back of my mind and focused on my best friend’s wedding.The days passed by in a blur and in no time, it was her big day. Amelia and Asher had arrived early in the morning. Caro said they were eager to come because they missed us. They were with their father though as I still had to be by Reiya’s side.“You look stunning babe,” I told Reiya when she started looking into the mirror too much. I could tell she was anxious but I couldn’t blame her. I was just as anxious on my wedding day and I wasn’t even getting married out of love.Then again, I think that made my anxiety even worse. I didn’t want to do something stupid and make him regret his choice to marry me.“You think?”“Come on Rei
